The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-08-04
SWEET CHALYBEATE SPRINGS, ALLIE.
~ GHANY COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
FOR SALE,-
AT Public Auction on
TUESDAY, AUGUST Esd. 1887.
If not sold privately before that time
NO. Is

AS executrix of the last will and testament
OF John Kelly, Decd Will, as required by the
above indicated. W.
IT is located in and is portion of the beautiful
valley known as the Sweet Springs Valley
nine miles from Allegheny Station, Chesapeake
ana ONO Railway, from which point the
passing through picturesque scenery to the
property. ~
tits composed of seven continuous tracts
asgregating
ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND
NINETY ACRES
of limestone land, rich and fertile. and 10 NOT
only good grain, but very fine grazing farm
on which at least 200 cattle and a corresnond
ing number of sheep could be handled rhara
is large quantity of the most healthy prowth
OF white oak and other valuable timbers be5o
my IN setetcn OF ooo TO 900 acres of The most
promo pOttOm lands to be found anywhere
The land naturally takes to blue grass when
the timber is cut Off 1900
The accommodations of the Springs are sniff
cient for three hundred visitors, consisting of
main buildings, and cottages within con Ven
lent distance inside the enclosure and on a
gently sloping hill outside-those outside bein1
only some fifty yards from the main buildings
me altitude of the Springs above the Sea
level Is about twenty-five hundred feet-the lati.
tude is about 371ao North and its Longitude 40
west OF washington. 1t Is Is miles from The
Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs. and on.
mile from the Old Sweet. INV
me thermometer ranges during the summer
months between 50 and 80 and rarely attains
w
The Springs were known in their early his.
tory as the Red Sweet" and are described nv,
recent writer as follows: "There are two
medlclnal springs, essentially the same ex-
cept that the Red Spring contains more iron
IMAM the other The waters of the Red SPRING
issuing from beneath heavy limestone archaS
is the characteristic water of the place ana iS
most relied upon for drinking and bathing II
Is the outflow of three fountains senarat ed hv
natural stone partitions, but ali runnino in1o
a common Sluice-One being yery much hoIde,
and very much colder than the other The
piOht
minute These springs supply the enclosed
cemented pools for plunge bathing-one for
ture OF the water is between s. and 7Oo.-nIeas
ant, invigorating and health-restoring and an
pools afford in perfection the true luxury of
bathing. Tie waters of the Springs used IN
ternally and externally, are beneficial for nu-
merous diseases OF females, for cholera in
Iantum, obstinate cases of intermittent fever
for jaundice, neuralgia. govt and rheumatism
dysentery.'' '''-''
There is on the property and near the source
OF the springs large merchant and grist mill
Wnlch mas q lucrative custom and commands
the patronage of a vast and extensive area Of
grain growing country: 1t is source of large
the entire property
Taking this property as a whole-fts farming
grazlng and timber value i'll addition to the
improvements for The purposes of summer re-
soft, and the remedial qualities of its waters
1t has not an equal in the mountains OF Vir-
glnia.
business man, or a syndicate of business
men, who would manage the property with
Judgment, ought to clear large per centum on
the Investment. to say nothing of the advan-
tages of health that would follow residence
on it.
The property will be offered in two parcels, or
as a whole, as may be determined on the dayof
sale.
TERMS.-One- half cash in hand, or negotia-
BILE paper at thirty days, interest Included sat
1sfactorily endorsed, and the balance i'll two
equal annual payments, the purchaser exc.
e tIa bonds with good security, bearing in
property as ultimate security.
For further particulars address the under.
signed at Sweet Chay beate Springs, Allegheny
county, Va, or Gen. W. Skeen, Covingto.1 Va,
s. M. 4ost, Staunton, Va, Maj. Ed McMahon,
Coyington, Ky, or Capt. J. j. Stack, Fishers
VILE, Jeffe rson county. Kentucky, or, as the
Springs are now open tor visitors, parties de-
string to purchase can have pleasant trip in
visiting the property, and making personal
examination.
POSSESSION given in October, or November,
after the close OF the springs season.
HONORA KELLY, Administrative
OF the estate of Jno. Kelly, decd
Sweet Chalybeate Springs,
Julyl4-tds Allegheny Co Va.